BUSINESSMAN JAILED IN FALSE POLICE REPORT.Byline: Bhavna Mistry Daily News Staff Writer A Lancaster business owner turned himself in at the Lancaster sheriff's station after two employees were arrested on suspicion of filing a false vandalism report against a competitor. John Karlis, owner of ASAP (chat) asap - As soon as possible. Commercial Services, was jailed Wednesday in lieu of $1 million bail on suspicion of five felony counts, including persuading or bribing a witness, making a false police report and conspiracy. ``This has been an ongoing case between the two companies,'' said Detective Cory Kennedy Cory Kennedy (born 1990, full name Cory Kennedy-Levin) is an American Internet celebrity who became an international style phenomenon in 2006. Labeled an "Internet It girl" by Gawker. . ``It has a long history.'' Karlis had been out on bail while awaiting trial on earlier charges that he sabotaged machinery belonging to Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley Commercial Services, which like Karlis' company, sweeps shopping center shopping center, a concentration of retail, service, and entertainment enterprises designed to serve the surrounding region. The modern shopping center differs from its antecedents—bazaars and marketplaces—in that the shops are usually amalgamated into parking lots. Kennedy said Karlis attempted to bribe and intimidate a witness in the earlier case and had his employees file a false police report accusing Antelope Valley Commercial Service of vandalism. Karlis pleaded not guilty to the new charges during an arraignment A criminal proceeding at which the defendant is officially called before a court of competent jurisdiction, informed of the offense charged in the complaint, information, indictment, or other charging document, and asked to enter a plea of guilty, not guilty, or as otherwise permitted Thursday, his attorney said. Earlier he pleaded not guilty to the original charges. ``He walked right into the sheriff's station and turned himself in,'' said Karlis' attorney, Marc Herbert. ``He wasn't going to run. He wasn't going to put his employees into any duress.'' Herbert declined further comment. ``At this point we need to evaluate the evidence,'' said Herbert. ``We don't have any information to make a definitive comment at this time.'' According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Kennedy, Antelope Valley Commercial Services reported several incidents of vandalism between April and May 1996, including an oil filter punctured by an ice pick, a truck doused with an acid solution, sparkplug spark·plug tr.v. spark·plugged, spark·plug·ging, spark·plugs Informal To inspire or energize (an endeavor, for example). wires cut, syrup poured into a gas tank and nails scattered over parking lots it cleaned. Deciding to catch the culprits in the act, Antelope Valley Commercial Services turned over a videotape they said was of people vandalizing their property, Kennedy said. Karlis was arrested May 30, 1996, and released on bail awaiting trial. Karlis had been convicted in 1995 in another case, officials said. Kennedy said Karlis broke windows at several Lancaster businesses after contacting their owners to offer his company's service. |
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